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Re: Redboot without serial port (only eth)
- From: Bart Veer <bartv at redhat dot com>
- To: christoph dot csebits at frequentis dot com
- Cc: ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 14:36:17 GMT
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] Redboot without serial port (only eth)
- References: <20020306191739.A26611@frequentis.com>
- Reply-to: bartv at redhat dot com
>>>>> "Christoph" == Christoph Csebits <christoph.csebits@frequentis.com> writes:
Christoph> i am having redboot with one serial debug port and the
Christoph> ethernet port running.
Christoph> Now i dont want to use the serial port (porting to our
Christoph> custom board, i dont have a serial port)
Christoph> How is the right way, disabling the serial port and do
Christoph> the debugging, loading, only with its ethernet port.
If ethernet is the only way to talk to this board then that is what
RedBoot will have to use. However personally I would feel somewhat
uncomfortable with this setup for development purposes: there is a lot
more that can go wrong with ethernet communication than with a serial
line. Assuming the serial port is part of the processor, if there is
some way of connecting the pins to a little external add-on and get a
serial connection that way, it may save a lot of effort. Obviously
that add-on would only be for internal use by developers, not part of
the final product.
Bart
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